Building construction



March 3,1936. ,5. CHARLES 2,032,469

I BUILDING `CONSTRUCTION y Filed NOV. 23, 1934 Patented Mar. 3, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to building construction horizontal beams when said members are assem-l andvmoreY particularly to the relationship between vertical and horizontal framing members, and the conduits for piping, cables and Ventilating air currents, providing a construction simple in structural elements and less costly to fabricate than those heretofore proposed.

With these and other objects in view the invention resides in the novel details of construction and combinations of partsmore fully dis- 0 closed hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this speciiication and in which like numerals designate like parts in all the views- Fig. l is a perspective View partly in section of one form of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the parts disclosed in Fig. l, taken as on the broken line 2-2 thereof and looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 3 is a View somewhat similar to Fig. 1 showing a modified form of the invention;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional View of the construction shown in Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional View taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

The Vertical framing consists of a plurality of columns, each column comprising a pair of structural channel members such as 2 and 3 having their webs parallelly disposed to each other but spaced as at S t0 accommodate a portion 1 of the web of a horizontal beam 8 preferably of I cross-section.

The beam may be of such a length that it is continuous in the way of a vertical column, or it may be intercostal as shown in Fig. 1. In the latter case the portion 'I of the web will extend substantially half way through the space 6 from one side of the vertical channels, and a corresponding portion 9 of the web of a similar horizontal beam Iii will similarly extend from the other side of said channels into the space 6. Thus it will be understood that the pair of horizontal o beams 8 and I0 will be in prolongation of each bled, which space is sufficient to accommodate the walls 0f a duct generally indicated by the numeral I2 as shown. The web portions 1 and 9 of the beams 8 and I Il are suitably secured to the web portions of the vertical channels 2 and 3 as by the rivets I3.

Each duct is formed by attaching to the vertical channels a sheet of relatively thin metal bent into U shape, with the free ends of the U secured to the surfaces of said flanges, whereby it will be seen that the web of a vertical channel will form the fourth wall of said duct. In such securement a coating of paint, plastic material, or other suitable sealing medium is applied between the opposite side walls of the duct and the flanges of a vertical channel to which said walls are riveted or bolted, so that it may be possible to utilize such a duct as a conduit for Ventilating air currents.

A sheet metal flooring I4 is bolted on the upper surfaces of the flanges of the horizontal beams such as 8 and I0, said flooring being suitably apertured to accommodate therethrough the ducts above described and of which there may be a single duct I2 or a pair of ducts yI2 and I5 at a Vertical column, the duct I5 being similarly disposed and secured to the channel 2 as was the duct I2 with respect to the channel 3.

The spacings between the Vertical columns and the spacings between the horizontal beams may be made as desired wherefore it may be necessary to provide connections between one horizontal beam and the next adjacent beam in the nature of angle bars such as I6 and I'I, particularly to form additional support for the span of the metallic floor plate I4. In such case the surface of the horizontal flange of each angle bar and the top surface of the flange of the horizontal beams will be made to lie in a common plane. The angle bars may be secured to the beams by cutting away the horizontal ange oi each bar in the way of the iiange of the beam and extending the vertical flange'of the bar under the 45 beam flange so that an angle iron such as I8 may be employed to rivet the bars'and the beams together. Similar angle bars I9 and 20 may be provided for support of the floor plate I4 in positions closely adjacent the ducts I2 and I5. 50

'Ihe modification shown in Fig. 3 illustrates the construction employed when concrete iioors and concrete supporting beams are utilized. Here reinforced concrete is laid to form the floor 24 integrally supported by a plurality of concrete horizontal beams such as the latter taking the place of the horizontal structural beam such as 8 described above. The vertical channels 26 and 27, similar to the channels 2 and 3, are employed but their Webs are spaced apart a greater distance necessitated by the increased width of the concrete beam 25, sleeved spacing bolts 28 securing the vertical channelsin proper relation. A suitable structural bracket 29 is riveted or bolted to thechannels 26 and 21 for supporting the Weight of the horizontal concrete beams, said bracket being disposed entirely between said channels, or exteriorly placed as shown in Fig. 5.

The ducts I2 and I5 may be completely formed prior to the pouring of the concrete, or the pour'- ing forms may be so planned as to provide the space for said ducts in which case the U-shaped preformed metallic sheets may be slid vertically through therfioor section openings therefor. If desired, the webs of the channels 26 and 21 may be provided with spaced openings in the Way of the concrete floor sections to permit the Wet concrete when poured'to enter said openings andl form keys as indicated at 3|.

Itis obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction, as Well as the arrangement of parts constituting the apparatus Without departing from the scope of the invention,and therefore it is not desired to be limited to` the foregoing disclosure except as may be demanded by the claims.

What is claimed is: Y f 1. In building construction the combination of a vertical supporting column comprising a pair of spaced structural members provided with web and flange portions, the web portion of one membre parallelly facing the web portion of the other;` a horizontal beam comprising web and flange portions, the flange portions -cut away to accommodate said members, and the web portion disposed in the space between and secured to the web portions of said members; and a duct formed of material having a substantially U-shape, the free edge portions of the material fitting between the ends of the beam flanges and the ilanges of one of said members and secured to the latter, the web of said member forming one Wall of said duct.

2.V In building construction the combination of a verticalsupporting column comprising a. pair of spaced structural members provided with web and flange portions, the web portion of one member parallelly facing the web portion of the other; a horizontal beam having a portion thereof disposed between and supported by the members of said column; and a duct formed of material having a substantially U-shape, the free edge portions of the material secured to the flanges of one of said members and substantially abutting said beam, the Web'of said member forming one Wall of said duct.

SEWARD CHARLES. 

